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F. sTRAuss PROCESS OF PRODUCINGy O RNAMENTAL SURFACES Filed Jan. 1l. 1922 7 I 'lll1111111111llllllllll1.111111111111111.14111/111111'1111111911411;

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. FERDINAND STRAUSS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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' Application filed.Y January 11,1922. Serial No. 528,392.

To all whom t may concern-f Be it knownthat I, FERDINAND STnAUss, a resident of NewYork city, county and AState of New York, and a citizenof the United States of `America, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Processesn of Producing Ornamental Sur-V following isA a specificaam able to produce an ornamental surface having the same appearance asan embossed surface, but at much less cost. By means of my improved method, I am able to decorate a wall quickly and at a small cost; or I may apply to a wall or ceiling paper the surface of which is treated in accordance with my invention. j

I will now proceed to describe my invention in detail, the novel features of which I will point out inthe appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, wherein z- Fig. l is a fragmentary view, illustrating vthe surface of a backing member decorated in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view thereof; y Fig. 3 is-a fragmentary view illustrating a form of floral'decoration; and

Fig. Ll isa similar view illustrating another embodiment of my invention.V

To carry my invention into practice, I employ a backingmember; said backing member may be a sheet of paper, cloth,.leather or other pliable material, or it may be metal, wood or fibre. In other words, my invention is not restricted to any particular form of backing member or any particular material to form a backing member. As one ofthe objects of my invention is to decorate ,the surface of a backing (whether solid or flexible), 'I merely treat the surface of any material forming a backing member to be decorated, such as a wall or partition, for instance. rIo carry out my invention, I prefer to first color the surface of the backing member with a selected aniline color, de-

pending upon the final color or shade which I desire to produce. After the backing element has been colored, IV apply to same a film of transparent adhesive, to

Awhich vI thereupon apply a layer of any elefment such` as threads, flowers, hair or other elements that will remain in relief or project `from the adhesive after having been applied thereto. After the layer of projecting lelements has been applied to the adhesive, I cover same with thin soft transparent tissue paper to bind them in place so that they will not be rubbed off. The tissue paper may be colored paper or many be colored after having been applied. In Figs. l, 2 and 3, the adhesive, which is applied to the backing member v5, is indicated by stippling 6 andV the Yprojecting elements, which `are applied to the adhesive, are indicated by 7 in Fig. l. In Fig. 3 a floral sprig is indicated by 8. The layer of tissue paper which is superimposed upon elements 7 and S is indicated by 9.

The elements 7 are promiscuously applied, that is to say, not in any regular order. The elements 7 may be composed of either threads, hair, cord, grass, plant stems, or any similar elements, and will be scattered upon the film of adhesive substance. Should I desire floral decorations, I would apply sprigs 8 in some selected order. As the elements 7 or 8 will stand in relief or project from the surface of the backing, the layer of tissue paper will also stand in relief at the pointswhere said paper bears upon the projecting elements. The tissue paper will be pressed flat against the adhesive inter`- mediate the projecting elements, as indicated in Fig. 2.

To obtaincertain effects. an embossed leather effect for instance, I apply to the back 5 (see Fig. 4f), a plurality of superimposed layers of tissue paper 10, 11 and 12, the layer 12 having applied thereto the adhesive 6 to which the elements 13 are applied. Over the elements 13 I apply a final layer 14 of tissue paper. In this latter case, the backing will be colored, as in the form illustrated in Fig. l, and each layer IO, 1l and 12 will be colored differently, all the colors blending to produce a desired color elements in manner described and then a `.layero'li tissue paper whichl l 4brush outV t remove all Wrinkles. y lWhat I' desire to. secure -by Letters Patl'. The method of decorating surfaces which comprises first coloring the surface `to he decorated; applying a :ihn of. tran'sparent adhesive `to the colored surface; ap-

plying layer 'of projecting elements tothe -lm of adhesive; applying a layer of thin tissue paper over the project-ing elements Aisi-623,525

and ,pressing itagainst the `oi adhesive between tljieprojecting elements; and iinally coloring the layer of tissue paper. Y

2. The Inethod olf decorating surfaces which' coinprises' first coloring the surface to ne decorated; applying a filnrof transparent adhesive to the cloiedsurface; applying to said film oftransparentadhesive aplurality v of layerso'f thin tissue paper with transparf ent adhesive between each .layerio -.paperrg applying a film of adhesive to thelast layer of: tissue paperg applying '"ajlayer of projectin-g elelnentsto saidV last nientioned ihn of adhesiveyand lnally applying Ya thin s Y layer oi'jtissue paperoversaid layer of pro- :n

jectingelenients and press-ingitagainfst said lastfinen'tioned l Vtdlnesiye"silinV 'between Asaid projecting elements.

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